Kenan Malik writes about the internalization of the fatwa and examines how Salman Rushdie’s fatwa transformed politics.
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Fatemeh
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Fatemeh
This week on MMW, we examined the commodification of the burqa, the politics of lust in the Malaysian fatwa against tomboys, pondered gender at the MANA conference, reprimanded the Egyptian media for its coverage of the murder of two women, and linked up a storm.
Also, I write about Busta Rhymes and his latest musical gaffe.
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thabet
I suppose this means I can’t select Dhalsim anymore?
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aasem
In a three part series, I ramble about dynamics of change in Islamic law:
1. Normative Pluralism
2. Ifta’a, Ijtihad and Social Customs
3. Grundnorm, a cosmological mythcomments / criticism welcome.
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thabet
For the first time ever, Darul-Uloom Deoband have issued a fatwa against terrorism. The fatwa stated that “Islam had come to wipe out all kinds of terrorism and to spread the message of global peace”.
